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Buying a used car in Ireland guide

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    #2012
    Bobby42
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Bobby42


    Hi,

    I'm looking to buy my first car (28, full licence, budget €2000)

    I'm thinking this golf would suit me

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volkswagen/Golf/.1.4-BAS/43613933375818260/advert?channel=CARS

    I'm not very knowledgeable on cars, anything in particular I should wary of with 00 golfs?


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    #2013
    bazz26
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    €2k for a 14 year old Golf that doesn't even have electric front windows is madness. Don't see the point in buying any car of that age from a dealer as I cannot imagine them offering much in the way of warranty on a 14 year old car.

    I'd rather spend my money on something like this:

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    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/high-spec-full-service-history/7077756


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    #2014
    Bobby42
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Bobby42


    Thanks!

    Yeah the focus seems a lot better spend. Need to do a bit more research evidently. :)


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    #2015
    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    hi guys

    headgasket blew on my 00 skoda fabia so not worth fixng up

    so ive got a 2k budget

    I have been looking at Ford fiestas from 03 what would be a reasonable millage
    to have on those?

    i'm seeing 135-155k miles on them


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    #2016
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    The lower the better only if it has service history! Make sure you get the 1.25, and aim for a Zetec spec.


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    #2017
    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    Limerick man wrote: »
    The lower the better only if it has service history! Make sure you get the 1.25, and aim for a Zetec spec.

    thoughts on these

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-ghia/6991276

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-lx-03/7067677


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    #2018
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Wouldn't be mad on either. One is a 1.4 and one has fairly high mileage.

    Are you heart set on a Fiesta?


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    #2019
    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    Not heart set but trying to get the most reliable for my budget with 1.4 or under due to insurance and tax

    Can't really go to far from the city


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    #2020
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,178 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    This looks a little better than the other two:

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    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-for-sale-04/7005214


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    #2021
    IrishAlice
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭IrishAlice


    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Peugeot/207/SPORT-1./52014018120670960/advert?channel=CARS

    Hi All,

    I'm going to view this car on Saturday and anyone who I know that has a clue about cars is busy so I'm going on my own. Can anyone in the know advise if this is a good price?

    I have a 02 Peugeot 206 and was hoping to get about 1k of a trade in. Is that realistic do you think? There's a little dent in the back but it's in good condition other than that. Taxed and NCT'd too.

    Thanks!


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    #2022
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Put your car up on donedeal, it should move very quick at 1300 or 14. Go in and buy that for cash and if you got it for 46-47 you could save yourself a nice few bob.

    If not, I don't think 4k to change is a million miles out.


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    #2023
    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    thoughts on this astra

    too good to be true?

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-opel-astra-club-1-4-i-16v-5dr-/7112056


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    #2024
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    thoughts on this astra

    too good to be true?

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-opel-astra-club-1-4-i-16v-5dr-/7112056


    V. high mileage, I too am looking for an astra.

    If you go back a few pages MidlandsM posted a lot of useful info, the main thing I took from it was to always go low mileage. Looks like a decent buy though, bit too far out in Limerick for me but worth a punt maybe.


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    #2025
    IrishAlice
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    Limerick man wrote: »
    Put your car up on donedeal, it should move very quick at 1300 or 14. Go in and buy that for cash and if you got it for 46-47 you could save yourself a nice few bob.

    If not, I don't think 4k to change is a million miles out.

    Thanks for the advice!

    Was thinking about putting it on Done Deal but there's a small leak in the boot from the dent in the back of the car. I was worried that would put people off.

    Would you consider this something that would be an issue?


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    #2026
    L-M
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    Could be. How bad of a dent/leak?


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    #2027
    IrishAlice
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    Limerick man wrote: »
    Could be. How bad of a dent/leak?

    It's a small dent just underneath one of the back lights. The leak is localised to a small section of the boot behind the light.

    I was going to get it fixed but since I'm looking to get a new car didn't see the point.

    I think it could be limiting my options to just getting a trade in on the car though.


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    #2028
    L-M
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    Go to the dealer and get a price for a trade in. Don't talk your car down, just get a price. You may be surprised or shocked, either way you can decide what to do once you have the trade in value.


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    #2029
    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    spent the day phoning around

    went to look at a 03 fiesta but my brothers friend who is good at cars
    took it for a spin and it was pulling hard to the left when braking and quite a lot of rust under the hood so he reckoned that it needed new break pads/discs and a new wheel and as one was buckled

    the search continues

    not much going in around limerick at the moment


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    #2030
    Bobby42
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Bobby42


    Came across this fiesta while looking for my first car.


    http://www.adverts.ie/5713664

    is the milage reasonable?


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    #2031
    KCAccidental
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    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citreon-saxo/7125136

    so what's wrong with this? :pac:

    edit: well it was gone within 45 mins of being put up!


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    #2032
    L-M
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    Bobby42 wrote: »
    Came across this fiesta while looking for my first car.


    http://www.adverts.ie/5713664

    is the milage reasonable?

    It is, ask for service history and timing belt records.

    @The Saxo, probably a heap.


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    #2033
    KCAccidental
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    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/00-citroen-saxo-1-1-ncted-tax-immaculate/7127879

    that 250 quid saxo I linked earlier was bought and is now back on line for 595 ;)

    either a complete dud or someone saw a quick profit!


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    #2034
    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    hi guys so i bought a new car

    i'll ring my insurance on monday and have my insurance switched over

    but there's currently no tax on the car is there a way that i can get the tax
    before i get the log book?


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    #2035
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    You can go onto Motortax.ie and watch this,

    https://www.motortax.ie/PSE/start.do;jsessionid=0aa0114730d8f0e5d916a1aa44a997d59707b665aa4d.e38PaNaSbh0RaO0Ma38Ne0?page=welcome

    Type in your reg daily and see if it has been transfered. As soon as it has you can go into the tax office and tax it.


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    #2036
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,178 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Afaik, you and the seller can both go into the motor tax office, do the transfer of ownership and tax the car there and then.


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    #2037
    Bobby42
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    Bobby42 wrote: »
    Came across this fiesta while looking for my first car.


    http://www.adverts.ie/5713664

    is the milage reasonable?

    I had a look at this car yesterday, seems to be in good nick. Had a good look around the car, but since its my first time buying a car I wasn't prepared to buy it there and then. I'm bringing a mechanic I know to check it out next week.

    One thing I'm not so sure of though is that the car history check has come back saying its a UK import but there's no record of an owner until 2007 in Ireland. So where was the car between 2003 and 2007? The report gives its previous UK reg number but there were no UK owners :confused:

    Does this sound dodgy/reason to steer clear?


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    #2038
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    There was definitely something lost in translation there. If it was regged in the Uk it had to have an owner. Maybe send motorcheck a mail.


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    #2039
    bazz26
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    The only thing I can think of is that it was on a personal plate in the UK for that period, only a guess though.


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    #2040
    Bobby42
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    Motorcheck got back to me and said that there was one owner in the UK.

    If the mechanic gives it the all clear I think I'll go ahead with the car.

    I think 1800 for an 03 Fiesta with 118,000 miles is reasonable.

    Anything particularly dodgy about buying a UK import? There's nothing else to be wary of on the motorcheck report.


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    #2041
    bazz26
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    Make sure your mechanic has a good poke around underneath it. Fiestas of that vintage were very prone to rust, that plus salt on the roads in the UK could mean it's a rotter.


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